Non-destructive Infield Quality Estimation of Strawberries using Deep Architectures

Strawberries have a short shelf-life time and thus need to be harvested at the right time to reduce waste. To this end, information about quality attributes is useful. Recently, many computer vision methods have been proposed. Most literature analyzes postharvest, which means that strawberries can only be analyzed after harvesting. As a result,...

Simulating hot asphalt compaction in Bullet Physics: Discrete modelling of the superpave gyratory compaction process by implementation of Burgers’ contact model in Bullet Physics

Asphalt concrete is the most used material in road construction. Analysing the behaviour and properties of this material is vital for modern day society. Currently, this is mostly done in labs using actual asphalt mixtures. However, this is a very expensive and time consuming process. An upcoming alternative approach is the use of computational...

Customer maturity analysis improvement for TOPdesk: Final report

TOPdesk is a service management software provider in a wide variety of domains and industries. TOPdesk also offers consultancy to their customers that aims to continuously assess and improve the customer’s experience and service efficiency. TOPdesk offers a Mini Health Check (MHC) to their customers in which aconsultant analyzes how efficiently...

Dynamic interaction between a moving vehicle and a bridge: Theoretical model and application of a complex mass-spring system, moving across a simply supported bridge

When a vehicle moves across a bridge, there is always an interaction between the vehicle and the bridge and within the vehicle itself. It is important to predetermine the vibrations in the bridge and vehicle. This way, the Ultimate Limit State (ULS) and Serviceability Limit State (SLS) can be more accurately determined, compared to a static...

Redesign De Timmerfabriek "Place to beat"

Stresses in asphaltic wearing courses on renovated steel bridge decks

Fatigue damage is a common problem in a lot of bridges with orthotropic steel decks. Frequent maintenance is required to prevent aggravation of the problems, which gives a lot of nuisance for the traffic using the bridge. This comes especially into play at large (river) crossings where not many alternatives are available. Therefore, methods are...

Modeling anaerobic glycolysis in S. cerevisiae: A model-based experimental design approach

The use of microbial organisms in industrial production processes drives the desire to modify cellular processes in order to obtain a production process with high efficiency. For this purpose understanding of the mechanisms in the cell is crucial. The construction of models for metabolic control analysis is done in order to make sensible...

Mechanical and microstructural developments and relations in upset butt welding of highly formable steel grade HR45